Eloise and Annabelle Starr of Taree share their experience of type 1 diabetes on World Diabetes Day

By Ainslee Dennis
November 15 2018 - 8:00pm
Eloise and Annabelle Starr of Taree hope sharing their experience of living with type 1 diabetes will help to end public misconceptions about the disease.
Eloise and Annabelle Starr of Taree hope sharing their experience of living with type 1 diabetes will help to end public misconceptions about the disease.

"It’s hard giving your child four to six injections a day, when you know it hurts. It’s hard getting up every night through the night to check blood sugar levels. It’s hard when your 10-year-old has never had a sleepover and wants to go to one more than anything in the world but you have to say no, because it’s not safe. It’s hard dealing with people’s misconceptions about type 1 diabetes because the media focuses on type 2 diabetes."

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